2. A Hittite, one of David's followers whom he in- vited to accompany him at night into the camp of Saul in the wilderness of Ziph, but Abishai alone ap- pears to have had sufficient courage for the enterprise (1 Sam. xxvi, 6), B.C. 1055.
Ahi'moth (Heb. Achimoth', r^'flX, brother of death, i. e. perh. destructive; Sept. 'Ay//<w£), a person named with Amasai as sons of Elkanah, a Levite (1 Chron. vi, 25). From ver. 35, however, it would ap- pear that he was rather the grandson of this Elkanah (through Amasai), and the father of the other Elkanah of ver. 26. He is there called Mahath (q. v.).
Ahin'adab (Heb. Ackinadab', m^PlX, brother of liberality, i. e. liberal; Sept. 'A\ivadali), a son of Iddo, and one of the twelve officers [see Purveyor] who, in as man}' districts into which the country was divided, raised supplies of provisions in monthly rotation for Solomon's household (Kitto, Pict. Bible, in loc.) ; his district was Mahanaim, the southern half of the region beyond the Jordan (1 Kings iv, 14), B.C. post 1014.
Ahin'oam (Heb. Achino'iim, E?:*nx, brother [see Ab-] of pleasantness, i. e. pleasant), the name of two women.
1. (Sept. Ayivodju.) The daughter of Ahimaaz, and wife of King Saul (1 Sam. xiv, 50), B.C. cir. 1093.
2. (Sept. '\\ivaaji, but 'Axivaafi in 1 Chron. iii, 1, and v. r. 'Ayivoo/z in 2 Sam. iii, 2.) A Jezreelitess, the first (according to Josephus, Ant. vi, 13, 8) wife of David, while yet a private person (1 Sam. xxv, 43; xxvii, 3), B.C. 1060. In common with his other wife, she was taken captive by the Amalekites when they plundered Ziklag, but was recovered by David (1 Sam. xxx, 5, 18), B.C. 1054. She is again mentioned as living with him when he was king of Judah in Hebron (2 Sam. ii, 2), B.C. cir. 1052, and was the mother of his eldest son Amnon (2 Sam. iii, 2). See David.
Ahi'6 (Heb. Achyo', "PHX, brotherly; Sept. in all cases translates as an appellative, his brother or broth- ers), the name of two men. (In 1 Chron. viii, 14 we should read "pPIX, his brother, as an appellative of Sha- shak following.)
1. The fifth named of the sons of Jehiel, or Jeiel, the Gibeonite, by Maachah (1 Chron. viii, 31 ; ix, 37), B.C. post 1612.
2. One of the sons of the Levite Abinadab, who went before the new cart on which the ark was placed when David first attempted to remove it to Jerusalem, for the purpose of guiding the oxen, while his brother Uzzah walked by the cart (2 Sam. vi, 3, 4 ; 1 Chron. xiii, 7), B.C. 1043. See Uzzah.
Ahi'ra (Heb. Achira', "^HS, brother of evil, i. e. unlucky ; Sept. 'A \iok~), a son of Enan and phylarch of Naphtali, whose followers were numbered, and who made a contribution to the sacred service at the Ex- ode (Numb, i, 15 ; ii, 29 ; vii, 78, 83 ; x, 27), B.C. 1657. Ahi'ram (Heb. A chiram' ' , CITIX, brother of height, i. e. high; Sept. 'A^ioar), a brother of Bela and son of Benjamin, whose posterity assumed his name (Num. xxvi, 38), B.C. post 1856; apparently the same with Aharah (1 Chron. viii, 1), Aheu (1 Chron. vii, 12), and Ehi (Gen. xlvi, 21). See Jacob ; Hoshim.
Ahi'ramite (Heb. Achirami , "^"TIN ; Sept. 'Axipavi), a designation of the descendants of the Ben- jamite Ahiram (Num. xxvi, 38).
Ahis'amach (Heb. A chisa 'mak, '^'CtfflW, brother of help, i. e. aiding; Sept. 'A\t(Tapiix), the father of one of the famous workmen upon the tabernacle, Aho- liab the Danite (Exod. xxxi, 6; xxxv, 34; xxxviii, 23), B.C. ante 1657.
Ahish'ahar (Heb. Achisha'char, 1TOTS, broth- er (i/"the dawn, i. e. early ; Sept. AyKraop), a warrior, last named of the sons of Bilhan, of the tribe of Ben- jamin (1 Chron. vii, 10), B.C. ante 1658.
Ahi'shar (Keb. A chishar', 1STX, brother of song, i. e. singer ; Sept. 'Aytaop), the officer who was "over | the household" of Solomon (1 Kings iv, 6), i. e. stew- ! ard (q. v.) or governor of the palace (comp. eh. xvi, j 9 ; Isa. xxii, 15), B.C. 1014 — a post of great influence in Oriental courts, on account of the ready access to the king which it affords.
j Ahith'ophel (Heb. Achitho'phel, bsrTHN, broth- : er of insipidity, i. e. foolish; Sept. 'Avjro^fX, Josephus ', 'A\;t7-o0{Aoc), the singular name of a man renowned for political sagacity among the Jews, who regarded I his counsels as oracles (2 Sam. xvi, 23). He was of | the council of David (1 Chron. xxvii, 33, 34), and his son Eliam (q. v.) was one of David's body-guard (2 i Sam. xxiii, 34). He was at Giloh, his native place, at the time of the revolt of Absalom, by whom he was summoned to Jerusalem ; and it shows the strength of Absalom's cause in Israel that a man so capable of foreseeing results, and estimating the probabilities of ! success, took his side in so daring an attempt (2 Sam. | xv, 12). He probably hoped to wield a greater sway under the vain prince than he had done under David, against whom it is also possible that he entertained a I secret malice on account of his granddaughter Bath-